Brooder.



PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907l W., E. MIKOLASEK.

BROODER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. s. 1906.

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Gttoznewo nutren earns f Np. 862,180.

vspecinatiqn of Letters Patent. Application sled october 6,1906. serai No. 337,759.

BROODER.

ratentednug. 6.190%

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I7 WnNcnsLnUs F. MmoLAsEK,.a citizenof the United States, residing at Vodnany, in

' the county of Bonhomme and State of South Dakota,

have invented certain new and'useiullmprovernnts in Broeders, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention .has for its object an improved construction of broeder embodying upper and lower coins partments for the chicks of diiferent ages and improved means for heating such compartments to the4 proper rangement of pipes hereinafter described.

O Fora full understanding of the `invention and the merits thereofand also to acquire a knowledge of the detailsof .construction oflhe meansfor effecting the re'- temperatures by a circulation of water through the ar thejeservoir at the outlet port 1 9 and flows in the upper sult,reference is to be had to the 'fbllowirigjdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l'is a longitudinal sectional view of. my 'im- .proved brooder; Fig. 2 isi-av horizontal sectional View thereof on the line z-a' of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a ytransverse vertical section on the line y-y of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the temperature controlling mechan- SlIl. l l Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the. following description andindicated in allthe views of' the drawings by the same reference characters.

' My improved brooder is divided bythe twospacedy horizontal walls 1 into an upper compartment 2 and a lower compartment 43, the upper. compartment vbeing designed for the smalleror younger .chicks and the lower` compartment for 'thelarger ones; lhe upper compartment 2 is further sub-divided apartition 4,'

preferably; a flexible. curtain offabric', into sub-compartments 5 and' 6, the former lbeingiintended as a room for the chicks to warmthemselvs and the latter being 4 intended as a compartment. in lwhich thechicks are to be fed, Eachfone of these sub-co1ppartments 5 'and 6` is preferably provided with one or more `windows 7 for` .the admission 'of light. The upper compartment2 is providedat one end withy a hinged Wall 8, said wall being hinged at its lower edge. The lower compartment 3 is also provided on either or` both 'sides with windows 11 and it is further provided with a. door 12 i which is intended to permit the larger chickens to walk out of or into the compartment. As shown best.l

in Fig. 3 each of these compartments is provided with a hinged Wall, preferably hinged at itsupper edge. 4By

i means o f these hinged walls, either .of the-compartments may be openediand' cleaned without disturbing the other compartment. f Y The heating ofthe respective compartments for -the chicks is effected by means 0f warmed-Water which is arranged to circulate through .pipes 14and l5. The

pipes 14 are arranged between the double walls or oor and ceiling 1-1 and below the sub-compartment 5 and such pipes 14 are composed of anumber of branches arranged as illustrated and are connected by a coupling 16 extending through' an opening in the lowermost wall prise any desired arrangement of branches and as shown of, While the pipes 14 terminate preferably at the plane pipes flows from a cylindrical 'reservoir 17 which is *mounted within a casingl secured to the outside of the brooder in 'any convenient manner. The waterleaves 'se'r'of pipes 14 thence thihugh the pipe 16l into the lower set of ypipes 15 vand thence back again through the inlet circulation b eing thus, maintained. The water reservoir 17 may be providedtvitha gage 21 by-Which the "amount of water in the reservoir and pipes may be determned. The upper se'tof pipes, heats the sub-comsub-compartment. moist for the younger chicles, -I provide a tube 24 suitably suspended imm the ceiling of the sub-compartment 5 and adaptedto contain water and Vprovided with a plurality of upwardlyT opening apertures.

The water in the reservoir 17 -is heated by means of a lamp 25, the ila-me of which is directed within the cylinder constituting the reservoir, aud the heat of this lamp is automatically controlled. The automatic control in the present instance comprises a series of thermo- 'static disks 26 mounted within a casing 27 of zinc or similar metal' o rmaterial which is suspended at one upper corner of the sub-compartment in such position that tains.- A shaft 28 is mounted to partially rotate above its longitudinal access within a tubular bearing 29 and is provided at its ends with two angular arms designated expand or contract, the shaft 28 will be ro'clred,v and the other arm 31 of said shaft is provided with a loop 32 pended within said loop vand Vheld therein by different vertical adjustments by.' means of a thumb screw 34. The rod 33 carries a plate 35 at'itslower end, said plate being in vertical alinement and in proximity to the upper 'end of the chimney. of the lamp 25 so that as the shaft is rocked by variations in the temperature, the plate will be raised or lowered with respect vto thelamp chimney and thereby regulate the heat directed to the reservoir.

of the curtainfi'. `The water t0 feed these circulating -portl 2O into. the reservoir, a complete and continuous the chicks can not interfere with the parts which it con.

30 and' .31', respectively. The arm 30 is'operably con- .nectedto the upper'niost disk 26, so that as said disks through which a rod 33 entends, saidl rod being sus- 1 to the lower set of pipes 15. `These latter also com they extend along underneath the ceiling oi the compartment 3, preferably, throughthe entire length therepartn'ent 5 ofthe upper compartment 2, the heat from and preferably, the opening 22 is surrounded by a o- V` ramnous cylinder 23. To keep the heated air in said ros lli)

In addition tothe direct heat varying means just described, l provide my improved lorooder with automatic means for controlling the yescape of the vitiated air trom the subcompartment 5. In the present instance, 'this automatic means comprises a rod 36 secured to the uppermost disk 26 at one end and secured at its other end to one end of a lever 37 fulcrumed intermediate of its ends upon a hanger 3S depending from the ceiling. The other end ofthe lever 37 carries a valve 39 adapted tofclose one end oi an air outlet tube 40 and said tube extends out through a wall of the sub-compartment 5 and is provided with a cap 4l with openings in its sides or bottom so that air may escape without at the same y time admitting snow, or rain7 or dust. i

From the foregoing description in connection with the l accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided an improved construction of broeder in which by the arrangement of two main compartments* will enable the farmer to raise chicks ot two different ages in vthe same brooder and in which the smaller chicks7 as they need more heat, have theirs under the iloor, While the older chicks, in order to prepare them Jfor the outside air, have their compartment cooler and heated `near the ceiling. The air inthe compartment may be kept suitably moist, as above set forth, and thewater heating system secures a proper maintenance of Water" .circulation and results in a uniform temperature which' may be automatically control] ed as above set forth.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: v

A brooder, comprising an upper and a lower compartment. and spaced horizontal walls separating such compartments. the upper compartment being provided with' a partition dividing it into suh-compartnients, two sets of water circulating tubes, one set being; located between the two spaced walls und terminating at one of the sub-coin;

pertinents, :ind the other set being connected to the first y named set und being ioczitedbelow the lower-most one of said spaced walls, a water reservoir adapted to feed suini pipes, :nouns for heating the water in said reservoir, and nutoumtic means for controlling the temperature of the water.

In testimony whtreo.` Iaftixv my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Witness Jos. CHAR, E. A. Bousrm. 

